October 13, 2025

Open Court

MORE TENNIS THAN YOU'LL EVER NEED

(Photo: Tennis Canada)

A fun Canuckian doubleheader on Tuesday in Osaka. And the best part is that it starts at 10:30 p.m. Monday night in the east back home, and in prime time at 7:30 p.m. on the west coach.

On tap are Leylah Fernandez and then Bianca Andreescu.

In Ningbo, Victoria Mboko is in action in the middle of the night – or at the crack of dawn, depending on your point of view.

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(Osaka is 13 hours ahead of EDT, Ningbo is 12 hours ahead)

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2025 Aux – Ningbo Open 2025
Location: Ningbo, China
Surface: Hard
Category: WTA 500
Dates:
Oct. 13 – 19, 2025
Prize money: $1,064,510
Draws: S28 – D16

Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025
Order of play

Center Court (1 p.m. start – 1 a.m. EDT)

1. Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) vs. [WC] Zhang Shuai (CHN)

2. Karolina Muchova (CZE) vs. Marketa Vondrousova (CZE)

3. Emma Raducanu (GBR) vs. [WC] Zhu Lin (CHN)

4. Wang Xinyu (CHN) vs. [WC] Yuan Yue (CHN) (not before 7 p.m.)

Grandstand

1. [5] Clara Tauson (DEN) vs. [Q] Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS)

2. [8] Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) vs. [Q] Guo Hanyu (CHN)

3. Victoria Mboko (CAN) vs. Dayana Yastremska (UKR)

4. Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) vs. [WC] Wang Xiyu / Xu Yifan (CHN) (after suitable rest)

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Kinoshita Group Japan Open
Location: Osaka, Japan
Surface: Hard
Category: WTA 250
Dates:
Oct. 13 – 19, 2025
Prize money: $275,094
Draws: S32 – D16

Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025
Order of play

Center (11:30 a.m. start – 10:30 p.m. Monday EDT)

1. [4] Leylah Fernandez (CAN) vs. Hailey Baptiste (USA)

2. Bianca Andreescu (CAN) vs. Viktorija Golubic (SI)

3. [5] Marie Bouzkova (CZE) vs. [WC] Ena Shibahara (JPN)

4. [3] Elise Mertens (BEL) vs. Cristina Bucsa (ESP) 

Court 1

1. [7] Ann Li (USA) vs. [Q] Varvara Gracheva (FRA)

2. Rebecca Sramkova (SVK) vs. [Q] Joanna Garland (TPE)

3. [8] Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP) vs. [Q] Katie Volynets (USA) (not before 2:30 p.m.)

4. Alexandra Eala (PHI) vs. [Q] Tereza Valentova (CZE)

Court 8

1. Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) vs. [Q] Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA)

2 Alycia Parks (USA) vs. [Q] Dalma Galfi (HUN) (not before 1 p.m.)

3. Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) / Olga Danilovic (SRB) vs. Nao Hibino (JPN) / Katarzyna Piter (POL) (after suitable rest)

4. Ashlyn Krueger (USA) / Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) vs. Anna Blinkova (RUS) / Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) (after suitable rest)

Court 6

1. [WC] Hayo Kinoshita / Wakana Sonobe (JPN) vs. [WC] Natsumi Kawaguchi / Sara Saito (JPN)

2. [4] Giuliana Olmos (MEX) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) vs. Nadia Kichenok (UKR) / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) 16 – to be completed (not before 12:30 p.m.)

3. [2] Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Taylor Townsend (USA) vs. Quinn Gleason / Sabrina Santamaria (USA)

4. Ann Li / Caty McNally (USA) vs. Eri Hozumi / Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) (after suitable rest)

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